Legal Definition and Related Resources of Damn

Deem, think or judge anyone to be guilty, to be criminal ; to give judgment , or sentence or doom of guilt; to adjudge or declare a penalty or punishment . See Blaufus v People, 69 N. Y. 107,25 Am. Rep. 148.

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Grammar

This term is a verb.

Etimology of Damn

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late 13c., “to condemn,” from Old French damner “damn, condemn; convict, blame; injure,” derivative of Latin damnare “to adjudge guilty; to doom; to condemn, blame, reject,” from noun damnum “damage, hurt, harm; loss, injury; a fine, penalty,” from Proto-Italic *dapno-, possibly from an ancient religious term from PIE *dap- “to apportion in exchange” [see Watkins]. The Latin word evolved a legal meaning of “pronounce judgment upon.” Theological sense is first recorded early 14c.; the optative expletive use likely is as old. Damn and its derivatives generally were avoided in print from 18c. to c. 1930s (the famous line in the film version of “Gone with the Wind” was a breakthrough and required much effort by the studio). The noun is recorded from 1610s; to be not worth a damn is from 1817. The adjective is 1775, short for damned; Damn Yankee, characteristic Southern U.S. term for “Northerner,” is attested from 1812. Related: Damning.