<PAGE>
EXHIBIT 5.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Sponsors and Trustee of Equity Investor Fund, Select Ten Portfolio 2000
International Series 3, United Kingdom Portfolio, Defined Asset Funds:
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement No. 333-41178 of our report
dated August 11, 2000, relating to the Statement of Condition of Equity Investor
Fund, Select Ten Portfolio 2000 International Series 3, United Kingdom
Portfolio, 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
August 11, 2000
