EX-99.2A 4 ex-99_2a.txt OPINION REGARDING LEGALITY CHAPMAN AND CUTLER LLP 111 WEST MONROE STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603 April 10, 2008 First Trust Portfolios L.P. 1001 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532 Re: FT 1672 Gentlemen: We have served as counsel for First Trust Portfolios L.P., as Sponsor and Depositor of FT 1672 in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of a Trust Agreement dated April 10, 2008 among First Trust Portfolios L.P., as Depositor, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, First Trust Advisors L.P., as Evaluator and Portfolio Supervisor, and FTP Services LLC as FTPS Unit Servicing Agent, pursuant to which the Depositor has delivered to and deposited the Securities listed in Schedule A to the Trust Agreement with the Trustee and pursuant to which the Trustee has issued to or on the order of the Depositor a certificate or certificates representing units of fractional undivided interest in and ownership of the Fund created under said Trust Agreement. In connection therewith, we have examined such pertinent records and documents and matters of law as we have deemed necessary in order to enable us to express the opinions hereinafter set forth. Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that: 1. the execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement and the execution and issuance of certificates evidencing the Units in the Fund have been duly authorized; and 2. the certificates evidencing the Units in the Fund when duly executed and delivered by the Depositor and the Trustee in accordance with the aforementioned Trust Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Fund and the Depositor in accordance with the terms thereof and such Units, when issued and delivered in accordance with the Trust Agreement against payment of the consideration set forth in the Trust prospectus, will be validly issued, fully paid and non- assessable. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (File No. 333-149409) relating to the Units referred to above, to the use of our name and to the reference to our firm in said Registration Statement and in the related Prospectus. Respectfully submitted, CHAPMAN AND CUTLER LLP EFF:arr