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EXHIBIT 99.23(I)(2)
PALMER & DODGE LLP
ONE BEACON STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108-3190
TELEPHONE: (617) 573-0100 FACSIMILE: (617) 227-4420
October 17, 2000
Century Capital Management Trust
One Liberty Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference into Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Trust (File
No. 811-09561) of our opinion filed with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2, and
to any reference to our firm in such Registration Statement.
/S/ PALMER & DODGE LLP
PALMER & DODGE LLP