evidencija

Evidencija is a term used in Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian to denote both the act of recording information and the records produced by this activity. It encompasses a wide range of activities, from simple logs to formal registries, and is applied in public administration, business, law, and archival work.

In public administration and law, evidencija refers to official registries or databases that store information about people, property, organizations, or events. Examples include population registers, property registries, and inventory lists. In the legal domain, documentary records kept as part of proceedings may be described as evidencija or used as evidence (dokazi). In accounting and finance, evidencija denotes the records of financial transactions, such as journals and ledgers used for bookkeeping. In archives and records management, evidencija denotes organized collections that document administrative or institutional activities.

Etymology: evidencija derives from Latin evidentia (evidence) and entered South Slavic languages through historical usage, where it has come to mean both the act of recording and the resulting records.

See also: evidence; registri; arhiviranje; dokumentacija.