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EXHIBIT 5.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Sponsors and Trustee of Equity Investor Fund, Select S&P Industrial
Portfolio 2000 Series D,
Defined Asset Funds:
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement No. 333-36050 of our report
dated June 26, 2000, relating to the Statement of Condition of Equity Investor
Fund, Select S&P Industrial Portfolio 2000 Series D, Defined Asset Funds and to
the reference to us under the heading "How The Fund Works--Auditors" in the
Prospectus which is a part of this Registration Statement.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, NY
June 26, 2000