The designator lastChild refers to the last immediate child of the current note. For example:
I. A note
Ia. Another Note
Ib. Yet Another Note
II. Some Note
IIc. Subsidiary stuff
III. Different stuff
IV. More Stuff
The lastChild of I is Ib. The lastChild of II is IIc. III has no lastChild.
The logical opposite of lastChild, i.e. the first child, is child [sic].
Using the optional child[N] notation, the equivalent of lastChild is child[-1]
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