The following sentence is from the Constitution of Japan (Article 26).

> すべて国民は、法律の定めるところにより、 **その** 保護する子女に普通教育を受けさせる義務を負ふ。

The English translation (or rather the original text?) says

> All people shall be obligated to have all boys and girls under their
> protection receive ordinary education as provided for by law.

So the "その" in bold font means something like その人が. Is this a standard usage
of その?
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meaning pronouns
Is その a standard abbreviation of それが？
[Wiktionary's definition of
その](https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%81%9D%E3%81%AE)

>   3. その人の。  
>  それ以来、その姿を見た者はいない。
>

> すべて国民は、法律の定めるところにより、 **その人の** 保護する子女に普通教育を受けさせる義務を負ふ。

where the antecedent of その人 is 国民, or each member of the collective noun 国民.
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Nope, this is the usual その. It seems to me that you didn't parse the sentence
correctly.

You can understand the sentence like this

> (すべて国民) は、(法律の定めるところ)により、[その {( **国民が** )保護する子女}に 普通教育を 受けさせる義務]を 負ふ。
>
> All people have the responsibility to let their children receive general
> education under the law.

国民 is the hidden subject of 保護する. 子女 are boys and girls under care by 国民.
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