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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <search>
      <p ns="0" title="Ireland" snippet="...cludes intoxication whether by alcohol, drugs or other substances from the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of ‘‘mental or physical disability’’. Subsection (7) provides that &#10;&#039;&#039;Section 15 &#039;&#039;defines the &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; of the ‘‘appropriate consent’’ which is required under section 12 b&#10;" size="71811" wordcount="10445" timestamp="2022-08-10T13:57:45Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Singapore" snippet="...ld not construe different terms within the same statute to embody the same &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt;.)).&#10;" size="14339" wordcount="2234" timestamp="2023-06-14T12:39:42Z" />
      <p ns="0" title="Global summary" snippet="...ast 18 states removals only take place in response to individual requests, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;meaning&lt;/span&gt; that most innocent people&#039;s DNA profiles are retained indefinitely in those&#10;" size="26316" wordcount="3859" timestamp="2020-10-07T17:17:21Z" />
    </search>
  </query>
</api>