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                                                      February 27, 2009

AllianceBernstein Trust
1345 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10105

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel for AllianceBernstein Trust (the "Trust") in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act"), of an indefinite number of Class A shares, Class B
shares, Class C shares, Advisor Class shares, Class R shares, Class K shares,
and Class I shares (the "Shares") representing the beneficial interest, without
par value, in the AllianceBernstein Gobal Value Fund, AllianceBernstein
International Value Fund, AllianceBernstein Small/Mid Cap Value Fund and
AllianceBernstein Value Fund (each a "Fund"). The Trust has been formed under
Massachusetts law, is a trust with transferable shares of the type commonly
called a "Massachusetts business trust" and is registered under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company.
This opinion relates to the Shares of each class of a Fund being registered
pursuant to the Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form
N-1A to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
to become effective on March 2, 2009 pursuant to paragraph (b) of Rule 485 under
the Securities Act (as so amended, the "Registration Statement") in which this
letter is included as Exhibit (i).

     As counsel for the Trust, we have participated in the preparation of the
Registration Statement. We have examined the Agreement and Declaration of Trust
(the "Declaration") and By-laws of the Trust and any amendments and supplements
thereto and have relied upon such records of the Trust and such other documents
and certificates as to factual matters as we have deemed to be necessary to
render the opinion expressed herein.

     Based on such examination, and subject to the qualification concerning
possible shareholder liability set forth below, we are of the opinion that the
Shares of each Fund to be offered for sale pursuant to the Registration
Statement are duly authorized, and, when sold, issued and paid for as
contemplated by the Registration Statement, will have been validly issued and
will be fully paid and non-assessable Shares of a Fund under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     Under Massachusetts law, shareholders of a trust could, under certain
circumstances, be held personally liable for the obligations of the trust by
reason of being or having been a shareholder of the trust. However, the
Declaration disclaims shareholder liability for acts or obligations of the Trust
and requires that the notice of such disclaimer be given in each agreement,
obligation or instrument entered into or executed by the Trust or its Trustees.
The Declaration provides for indemnification out of the property of the Trust
for all loss and expense of any shareholder held personally liable for the
obligations of the Trust by reason of being or having been a shareholder of the
Trust. Thus, the risk of a shareholder incurring financial loss by reason of
being or having been a shareholder of a Fund is limited to circumstances in
which the Trust itself would be unable to meet its obligations.

     We do not express an opinion with respect to any laws other than the laws
of Massachusetts applicable to the issuance of shares of beneficial interest in
a domestic business trust. Accordingly, our opinion does not extend to, among
other laws, the federal securities laws or the securities or "blue sky" laws of
Massachusetts or any other jurisdiction. Members of this firm are admitted to
the bars of the State of New York and the District of Columbia.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an
exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the
caption "General Information--Counsel" in the Part B thereof. In giving this
consent, we do not thereby admit that we are included in the category of persons
whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission.

                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/ Seward & Kissel LLP
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