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EXHIBIT 5.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Sponsors and Trustee of Equity Investor Fund, Select Ten Portfolio 2000
Series C, Defined Asset Funds:
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement No. 333-43918 of our report
dated October 11, 2000, relating to the Statement of Condition of Equity
Investor Fund, Select Ten Portfolio 2000 Series C, 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
October 11, 2000
