DECONFES, canon law in France. Formerly those persons who died without
confession were so called; whether they refused to confess or whether they
were criminals to whom the sacrament was refused. Droit Canon, par M. L'Abbe
Andre. Dupin, Gloss. to Loisel's Institutes, says, Le deconfes est celui qui
meurt sans confession et sans testament car l'un n'alloit point sans
l'autre. See Intestate.