Any examples of a particular case dispensation out there?
Shirley MaClaine was always talking about dispenstions in “Two Mules for Sister Sara”
Serving members of the armed forces used to be “dispensed” from the Friday abstinence from meat. My father thought that was silly, since they always had fish available on Fridays on the carrier or in the base mess, but obviously i some situations, such as infantry combat, it would have made a difference.