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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contract system \Con"tract sys"tem\
   1. The sweating system.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. The system of employing convicts by selling their labor
      (to be performed inside the prison) at a fixed price per
      day to contractors who are allowed to have agents in the
      prison to superintend the work.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]