Testimony as an Evidence in Civil Proceedings

I.M. Vydrenkov Testimony as an evidence in civil proceedings This graduate paper is aimed at examining material on testimony in the civil process to obtain new knowledge about their nature, characteristics, properties and procedural role. The main objectives of this study are: A) consideration of witness statements as part of the system of means of evidence; B) examination of the legal status of the witness; C) creation of a definition of testimony and clarification of their procedural properties; D) the identification and explanation of cases of inadmissibility of witness testimony; E) Study of the problems of receiving and examining the testimony of the court. On the basis of the study, the following conclusions were drawn: firstly, the testimony is a personal evidence and may have similarities with the conclusion of the expert; Secondly, the witness is endowed with a number of procedural rights and duties, some of which are included in the concept of witness immunity; Thirdly, the testimony in the civil process can be determined by this verbal communication to the court in accordance with the procedure established by law (as part of the interrogation) by a legally uninterested individual whose identity is established by the court and to which his duty to give truthful testimony, information of importance for consideration and authorization Cases, about which it is informed personally or from sources that can indicate; Fourth, the norms about the inadmissibility of testimony are effective for the economic analysis of law; Fifthly, the wording of the rules governing the rules for obtaining evidence is required. Academic Supervisor: Bekyasheva Dinara Ildarovna, S.J.C. (National Research University “The Higher School of Economics”), Associate Professor of the Department of Judicial Power and Justice Administration, Faculty of Law, National Research University “The Higher School of Economics”.