Exhibit 5.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
The Sponsors and Trustee of
Corporate Income Fund--Intermediate Term Series--57, Defined Asset Funds
We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to Registration
Statement No. 333-00011 of our opinion dated June 26, 2000 appearing in the
Prospectus, which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference
to us under the heading "How The Fund Works--Auditors" in such Prospectus.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
New York, N.Y.
July 12, 2000
