An assumption involves assuming something that is not known to have occurred or has not yet occurred.
Supposition , from the Latin suppositio , is the action and effect of assuming (taking something for granted, giving ideal existence to what does not have it, conjecturing through indications). For example: “Don't be angry with me, it was just an assumption” , “Juan Carlos's assumption was not incorrect: we are going to have to work overtime” , “A president cannot be guided by assumptions” .
An assumption, therefore, is that which is assumed . The assumption is taken for granted when it has not yet happened, or even though there is no evidence of it. A person who goes outside and finds the sidewalk wet may assume that, hours before, it was raining. However, you will not be able to verify this assumption until you talk to someone who has seen or heard the rain, since the water on the ground may be due to morning dew, typical of certain times of the year, or, if the observation had not been very precisely, to the action of a street cleaning truck.
Assumption as prediction
The assumption can also be an anticipation or a prediction . Before starting a soccer tournament, it is possible to assume that two teams will play in the final since their background and the quality of their players allow this information to be inferred.
To verify this assumption, we will have to wait for the tournament to take place, since the matches must be played in order to know who the winner is.
A judge cannot make a ruling based on assumptions.
The concept in the judicial field
In certain areas, assumptions are worthless . A judge cannot convict a suspect because he assumes he is guilty, but must give a verdict based on reliable evidence. In this way, the assumption ceases to be such and becomes a certainty.
The crime that consists of pretending that one has given birth is known as supposition of childbirth, and this can be carried out in two well-defined ways: on the one hand, a child can be presented as the result of the birth of a woman who, In reality, she is not his mother; The other alternative is that the birth is implicit in the registration of another's child as one's own. The first case is known as proper birth assumption and the second, improper birth assumption .
Given the complexity of said criminal act, there are several possible configurations for its execution: whether or not a medical team participates in the delivery ; whether or not said professionals are participants in the crime; that there is a birth certificate, whether false or authentic but illegally modified. All these variables, each with its two possibilities, make it easier to make a birth assumption.
Doctors and the assumption of childbirth
Regarding the participation of medical personnel in childbirth, it is important to remember that it is not a requirement, but an option; Furthermore, many women who live in rural areas or who are, due to certain circumstances, cut off from a health center, are forced to opt for natural childbirth, without the help of science.
The assumption of childbirth is a crime that is usually premeditated and carefully planned; Unless you have the help of a doctor, it is normal that you do not go to a hospital to fake birth. In this case, it will be the parents who attest to the birth of their supposed child before the Civil Registry, through a declaration that includes the completion of a form and which may be accompanied by the presentation of a birth certificate.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that the participation of a doctor in the commission of this crime is not always voluntary; If a family manages, through different means, to convince him of the authenticity of the birth, it is possible that he will sign the birth certificate with false information , believing it to be true.