Without serious intention heartless judge finds victim (8)
I believe the answer is:
casualty
'victim' is the definition.
(I know that victim can be written as casualty)
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for casualty that I've seen before include "Wounded victim" , "Show on TV" , "Person injured in war or accident" , "a person getting injured" , "Person injured in accident, or thing destroyed" .)