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Chiltern hundreds
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Chiltern Hundreds
Matched in: Term Chiltern Hundreds
Office of profit
any office held direct from the Crown which nominally carries a salary; thus, e.g., the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds (q.v.) is such an office, although it carries no salary. This office, as also that of the steward
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Resignation
to accept an office of profit under the Crown, which has the effect of vacating his seat. See CHILTERN HUNDREDS. Resignation' in the dictionary sense, means the spontaneous relinquishment of one's own right. This is conveyed by the
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