DECONFES

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  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.