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Chiltern Hundreds, the obsolete (since the 19th cent.) administrative districts of Stoke, Burnham, and Desborough in Buckinghamshire, S central England. The stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds is an obsolete office with only a nominal salary. It is, however, legally an office of profit under the crown and, as such, may not be held by a member of Parliament. Since members of Parliament may not resign, "applying for the Chiltern Hundreds" or for the similarly obsolete stewardship of the Manor of Northstead is the method by which a member gives up his seat.
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Hundred might be:
- Hundred (word), a word typically meaning the number 100
- Hundred (administrative division), a mostly obsolete geographic subdivision used for administrative purposes
- Hundred Days, aka Waterloo Campaign
- Hundred, West Virginia
- Hundred, a song in the album How to Save a Life by The Fray
- Hundred, the name of the hundred episodes of One Tree Hill (TV series)
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