Exhibit 9
Opinion of and Consent of Counsel
July, 2000
C.M. Life Insurance Company
140 Garden Street
Hartford, CT 06154
Re:
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Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-95845 filed on Form N-4
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished in connection with the filing of Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
No. 333-95845 filed on Form N-4 under the Securities Act of 1933 for C.M. Life Insurance Company’s (“CM Life”) individual or group deferred variable annuity contracts with flexible purchase payments (the “Contract”). C.M.
Multi-Account A issues the Contract.
As an attorney for CM Life, I provide legal advice to CM Life in connection with the operation of its variable
products. In such role I am familiar with Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-95845 for the Contract. In so acting, I have made such examination of the law and examined such records and documents as in my judgment are necessary
or appropriate to enable me to render the opinion expressed below. I am of the following opinion:
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1. CM Life is a valid and subsisting corporation, organized and operated
under the laws of the state of Connecticut and is subject to regulation by the Connecticut Commissioner of Insurance.
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2. C.M. Multi-Account A is a separate account validly established and
maintained by CM Life in accordance with Connecticut law.
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3. All of the prescribed corporate procedures for the issuance of the
Contract have been followed, and all applicable state laws have been complied with.
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I hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.
