Legal Term: DECONFES

Definition: 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. LAbbe Andre. Dupin, Gloss. to Loisels Institutes, says, Le deconfes est celui qui meurt sans confession et sans testament car lun nalloit point sans lautre. See Intestate.

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