'Contract system' definitions:

Definition of 'Contract system'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.]