The son or daughter is under the lawful jurisdiction of the family. The integrity of the family must be maintained by the threat of death. The person may not be covenantally subordinate to the particular church, or any church, unlike the subordinate child who curses a parent. There is no specific reference to any civil penalty for cursing anyone but a parent or God, nor is there any civil penalty assigned for using God s name in vain. One possible answer is the law against assault.
Battery involves physical violence against a person, but assault can be verbal.
A threat is made. Another approach is the law against public indecency. Restitution could be imposed by the civil magistrate to defend a church or an individual who is victimized by cursing. The penalty for the rape of a married woman, or of a betrothed woman, was death. Therefore she who does not cry out reveals that she is being ravished by her own will.