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Bigamy (in Canon Law)
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02561a.htmCanonically viewed, bigamy denotes (a) the condition of a man married to two real or interpretative wives in succession, and as a consequence (b) his unfitness to receive, or exercise after reception, tonsure, minor and sacred orders.
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