The law is well settled in New Hampshire that there can be no recovery of counsel fees from the adverse party to a cause in the absence of statutory authorization, agreement between the parties, or some established exception. Jacques v. Company, 78 N.H. 248, 250. This is in accord with the law of most jurisdictions. Shapiro v. Magaziner,
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