Re: Hundred Meaning?

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:41:24 +0000 (UTC), "Nick"
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>"willers" <willers03@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Please forgive my obtusive and lazy intellect but, could someone please
>> tell me what a "hundred" is? As in, for example, "Horsley, a parish in the
>> hundred of Longtree." Muchas gracias.
>>
>> Bill
>>
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>The most famous Hundred is the Chiltern Hundreds.
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>"Technically speaking MPs cannot voluntarily give up their seats during a
>Parliament.
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>"If a member wishes to resign they must accept an office of profit under the
>Crown which legally disqualifies them from continuing as an MP.
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>"These offices - within the gift of the Chancellor of the exchequer - exist
>as a purely nominal device for this purpose.
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>"The two offices still in use are the Chiltern Hundreds - of Stoke,
>Desborough and Burnham - and the Manor of Northstead."
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>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/c-d/81950.stm
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>Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiltern_Hundreds
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>"A hundred is a traditional division of an English county"
>
The BBC ought to be able to do better than that. The office is Steward
and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds.

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