Access Charity CRM uses several different statuses for memberships, these and their definitions are below.
Active - This is the status for a current membership that is on going.
Lapsed - The membership has lapsed and not be renewed.
Pending - This is for memberships, or periods, that have not yet started.
Expired - The membership has passed its end date.
Cancelled - The membership holder has cancelled the membership.
The Lapsed status is controlled by two library definitions, MembershipLapseLeeway and MembershipLapseLeewayDirectDebit both of which can be edited to your own needs, but are set at 3 months by default.