Abstract

The testimony has played a key role in the aspect of proof in primitive societies due to they didn’t know writing, but it was known in the Roman law, especially during the era of Emperor Justinian, however, it began to lose its standing because of the commencement of the education, the increase in dealing with testimony, the corruption of morals and the proliferation of false testimony.Islamic Sharia has adopted the testimony in several special provisions, and contemporary legislations have dealt with this subject as well, and due to its wide scope, the jurists paid close attention, devoted considerable study to it and dealt with it from various aspects, whether in terms of provisions or procedures.The Algerian legislator, in turn, had adopted the testimony for proof, singled it out with a set of rulings, and subjected it to means and procedures, notably concerning public endowments, and creating by so doing methods according to the provisions of Decree No: 336/200 which contains the written attestation document to prove endowment property, the official testimony and the special register of endowment property.