Legislation brought by British, bad old folk not looking good (4,2,6)
I believe the answer is:
bill of rights
'legislation brought' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'british bad old folk not looking good' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'bad' becomes 'ill' (similar in meaning).
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'folk not looking good' becomes 'frights' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'b'+'ill'+'o'+'frights'='BILL OF RIGHTS'
'by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bill of rights that I've seen before include "Statement of people's entitlements" , "1689 English constitutional settlement" , "law" , "US constitutional amendments guaranteeing individual freedom" .)
