Code
Dictates
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Can be a result of Hollywood Dress Code, which dictates certain female types must dress in a manner inappropriate to a school setting because of her character type (such as the slutty cheerleader must be dressed skanky or we won't know who she is).
Source: No Dress Code -
Their code of honor dictates that they only pursue Johnson one at a time, rather than unleashing a battalion upon him.
Source: Film / Jeremiah Johnson -
The only reason they don't is because they are following their code of honor that dictates that the defeated must honor the victors' wishes.
Source: The Alcatraz
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