plural noun British.
- certain crown lands, the stewardship of which is nominally bestowed on a member of the House of Commons to provide an excuse to resign, as members are not allowed to hold titular office from the crown.
- to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds, to resign or express a desire to resign from the House of Commons.
pl n
- (in Britain) short for Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds; a nominal office that an MP applies for in order to resign his seat