Custom
Dictates
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If consumed in error, long-standing custom and precedent also dictates the calories do not count.
Source: Everyone Hates Fruit Cakes - This is especially poignant since, according to Tak, Irken custom dictates that they're not officially a couple until they've mated.
Source: Fanfic / My Hostage Not Yours - Viserys I appointed his daughter Rhaenyra as heir over her younger brother Aegon despite the fact that Westerosi custom dictates only males can inherit.
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