Review

Evidence of legal facts and circumstances, without exaggeration, is the basis of procedural activity, it is evident that the content of the concept of "evidence" excited the representatives of the procedural sciences at all times of their development.

An analysis of scientific sources indicates a deeper level of scientific research of the concept of "evidence" in criminal-process science. Civil procedural science is not typical. At the same time, in the last period of time there were fundamental works devoted to civil procedural proof in which the authors could not ignore the concept of "evidence". So, in monograph Grabovska O.O. reveals the concept of "evidence" from two points: as a tool for proving facts and circumstances by legally interested parties - participants in the case, and a source of knowledge and conditionalities about the facts and circumstances that are established by the court.

Andreytsy V.D. directs his attention to the peculiarities of the court's interaction with evidence at various stages of civil justice, in particular, at the stage of gathering evidence, their submission, research, etc.

Despite the presence of a large number of conclusions and views on evidence, the scientific search for the most successful model of the concept of "evidence" continues, which is due not only to the development of procedural scientific thought, taking into account the conclusions of representatives of various sciences, but also the development of procedural legislation, in particular, civil procedural. Adopted in 2017, a new version of the Civil Procedural Code of Ukraine requires a scientific reflection on the systemic changes that took place in the regulation of the implementation of civil justice, including the regulation of the institute of evidence, evidence as a means by which the facts and circumstances are established.

The author of the article aims to find the answer to the question about the content of the concept of "evidence", the ability to display in it as many components that reflect the nature of the genesis of the development of scientific conclusions about this legal phenomenon, as well as regulation of the existing procedural law. Logical in this sense is an analysis of historical sources that have survived to this day and are an invaluable legacy for contemporary researchers.

The author proposes the actual definition of the concept of "evidence" - the data on the facts and circumstances provided by the parties and other parties to the case in order to justify the claims and objections in accordance with the subject of evidence, are directly recognized and accepted by the court as a result of their research and evaluation.

Key words: evidence, evidence, civil process, civil justice.