take the Chiltern Hundreds en · VERB
Meanings
- (UK) To vacate one's seat in the House of Commons (since resignation is not permitted), under the legal fiction of being appointed to an "office of profit under the Crown": the ancient office of Crown Steward for the Chiltern Hundreds, in modern times a mere sinecure.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| taking the Chiltern Hundreds | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| taken the Chiltern Hundreds | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| takes the Chiltern Hundreds | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| took the Chiltern Hundreds | Tense=Past | lexicographic |