Learn English – “From time to time”

meaning-in-context

Aside from the usual meanings in common parlance, what writers want to to say by the expression "from time to time", mainly in financial contract wording? It doesn't seem to me that they want to convey the idea of "occasionally" and so forth. For instance, in contracts you can see phrases such as

The meeting will be adjourned from time to time and from place to place.

I think that if I can get the meaning for "from time to time", I'll tackle the "from place to place" wording.

Best Answer

Adjourn has two meanings. It can mean to interrupt a meeting with the intention of resuming later, but it can also mean to move.

Your quoted sentence could be written as

The meeting will be moved from time to time and from place to place.

Or even clearer

The meeting time and place will change.